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Ground Hugging Ejecta

Ground Hugging Ejecta

Ejecta deposit of an unnamed crater (~2.7 km in diameter). LROC NAC M130008764R. Image center is 9.80°N, 250.06°E, image width is 567 m. North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Oct 2013

Fractured Melt Rock

Fractured Melt Rock

A portion of western crater wall inside Jackson crater (72 km diameter). LROC NAC M182253065R. Image center is 22.534°N, 195.59°E, image width is 2130 m. Illumination is from left side of this image, incidence angle is 57°...

Published on 22 Oct 2013

Rough Crater Wall Surface

Rough Crater Wall Surface

Upper part wall inside an unnamed fresh crater. LROC NAC M182038126L. Image center is 4.032°S, 227.632°E, image width is 1084 m. Downslope is toward lower right, north is to the top [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 29 Aug 2013

Debris over Impact Melt Pool

Debris over Impact Melt Pool

Debris avalanche covering an impact melt pond inside an unnamed crater floor. LROC NAC M182038126R. Image center is 4.135°S, 227.677°E, image width is 1083 meters. Downslope is toward upper right, north is to the top [NASA/GSFC/Arizona...

Published on 27 Aug 2013

Revealed Surface

Revealed Surface

Southern slope of unnamed fracture along the eastern mare/highland boundary of Mare Insularum. LROC NAC M1114199297R. Image center is 13.135°N, 355.638°E, image width is 1147.2 m. Downslope is toward upper-right, north is to the top...

Published on 13 Jun 2013

Layer of Pyroclastics

Layer of Pyroclastics

Northeastern wall of Bode C crater. LROC NAC M139938121L. Image center is 12.276°N 355.165°E, image width is 600 m. Downslope is toward bottom right, north towards the top [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. 

Published on 12 Jun 2013

Slope Resurfacing

Slope Resurfacing

Southeastern wall of Jansen U crater. LROC NAC M188028576R. Image center is 11.926°N, 32.306°E, image width is 1183.2 m. Downslope is toward upper left, north is to the top [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. 

Published on 11 Jun 2013

Dynamic Textures

Dynamic Textures

Northeastern portion of unnamed crater ejecta. LROC NAC M138600267R, image width is 1080 meters. Image center is 77.086°N, 200.336°E, incidence angle is 80.3°. North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 16 May 2013

Small Pond

Small Pond

Unnamed crater floor at west edge of Mare Fecunditatis. LROC NAC M167919653R. Image center is 6.422°S, 43.747°E, image width is 561 meters. North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 15 May 2013

Swarm of Secondaries

Swarm of Secondaries

Western portion of Crüger crater floor. LROC NAC mosaic (M1108725909R and M1108725909L). Image center is 16.759°S, 292.627°E, image width is 1670 m. Sunlight is from right side. North is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 14 May 2013

Downhill Creep or Flow?

Downhill Creep or Flow?

Southern slope of a fracture developed in Vitello crater floor, downslope is toward upper left of the image. Image center is 30.214°S, 322.352°E, width is 640 m, LROC NAC M1101460425L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. 

Published on 04 Apr 2013

Beautiful Ejecta Patterns

Beautiful Ejecta Patterns

Unnamed very fresh crater at the north edge of Mare Fecunditatis. Image center is 3.637°N, 48.930°E, image width is 930 m, incidence angle is about 13.8°, LROC NAC M187921190R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 03 Apr 2013

Melt or Rubble?

Melt or Rubble?

The bottom of northern crater wall inside Carrel crater, downslope is toward the bottom. Image center is 10.846°N, 26.653°E, image width is 500 meters, incidence angle is about 69°, LROC NAC M177460712L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 02 Apr 2013

Ejecta Patterns

Ejecta Patterns

A portion of an unnamed, young crater's ejecta deposit. LROC NAC M188557336R. Image center is 3.972°N, 311.942°E, image width is 960 meters. Direction of the ejecta flow is from right to left [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 21 Feb 2013

DMD Excavations

DMD Excavations

A patch of Dark Mantle Deposits at western region of Sinus Aestuum. NAC M1103666930R. Image center is 4.591°N, 344.348°E, image width is 940 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 20 Feb 2013

Lineations on the Melt

Lineations on the Melt

Impact melt sheet splashed from an unnamed crater inside Joule T. LROC NAC M184504856L. Image center is 27.536°N, 211.661°E, image width is 1440 meters. Downslope is from upper-left to lower-right [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 19 Feb 2013

Sinuous Cracks

Sinuous Cracks

Northwestern rim of an unnamed crater located on southwest edge of Orientale basin. Image center is 22.110°S, 258.014°E, image width is 870 m. Downslope is to the lower-right. LROC NAC M184189330L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 31 Dec 2012

Swept Surface

Swept Surface

A portion of the floor of Nicholson crater in LROC NAC M140468128R. Image center is 26.103°S, 274.952°E, image width is 612 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 28 Dec 2012

Infilled Trench

Infilled Trench

Lower portion of the eastern wall of the Orientale basin, LROC NAC M160498666R. Image center is 18.348°S, 275.769°E, image width is 500 m. Downslope is from lower right to the center [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. 

Published on 21 Dec 2012

Clusters

Clusters

Cluster of craters southeast of Rayet Y crater. LROC NAC M182796787R, image width is 1.68 km, image center is 46.892°N, 113.807°E. North is to the top [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 15 Nov 2012